Heilléanach

Irish

Alternative forms

• Heilléineach

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑλληνικός (Hellēnikós) +‎ -ach

Adjective

Heilléanach (genitive singular masculine Heilléanaigh, genitive singular feminine Heilléanaí, plural Heilléanacha, not comparable)

1. Hellenic

Declension

Declension of Heilléineach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Heilléineach	Heilléineach	Heilléineacha
vocative	Heilléinigh		Heilléineacha
genitive		Heilléiní	Heilléineacha	Heilléineach
dative	Heilléineach	Heilléineach; Heilléinigh (archaic)	Heilléineacha
Comparative	níos Heilléiní
Superlative	is Heilléiní

Derived terms

• Heilléanachas m (“Hellenism”)
• An Phoblacht Heilléanach f (“the Hellenic Republic”)

Related terms

• Heilléanaí m (“Hellenist”)

Noun

Heilléanach m (genitive singular Heilléanaigh, nominative plural Heilléanaigh)

1. Hellene

Declension

Declension of Heilléanach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Heilléanach Heilléanaigh vocative a Heilléanaigh a Heilléanacha genitive Heilléanaigh Heilléanach dative Heilléanach Heilléanaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Heilléanach na Heilléanaigh genitive an Heilléanaigh na Heilléanach dative leis an Heilléanach don Heilléanach leis na Heilléanaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Heilléanach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Heilléanach	not applicable	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Heilléanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Hellenic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024